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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1901
Page
2
A local editor urges progress for Troy as it embraces growth and renewal. Plans for the St. Louis Troy and Eastern expansion promise access to eastern markets, creating opportunities for business, housing, and population growth. An eminent physician provocatively asks if married men live longer, sparking town interest.
The Yae Mascoulah Herald notes the inventor died in New York recently. It adds that his patrons will never die as they are born at a rapid rate, likened to ore per minute, reflecting a humorous or sensational tone.
A Philadelphia doctor urges people not to go out immediately after removing heavy undergarments. The remark raises questions about practice elsewhere, while in Troy arrest risk looms for such behavior. A Kansas congregation caused a ruckus over a church organ containing dynamite fragments, stirring tensions.
An unsigned note discusses a planned June 1 electric light project in Troy and comments on a bridal bouquet forecast. It also mentions the May 21 judicial election to fill Judge Jesse J Phillips’s vacancy, with Democratic concerns about turnout and surprise. A vendor selling deafness cures via pills is reported as a postal puzzle in Washington.
A school teacher notes that parents have grown touchier and recalls how, 40 years ago, every child was taken to school by parents who urged punishment if misbehaved. Each school whipping was matched by a home beating for the same act, prompting questions about future generations and changing attitudes toward discipline.
The Rev Dr Harcourt of Reading Pa decries ministerial visits in sickrooms as unhelpful during critical illness arguing they hasten deaths and undermine medical care. He also criticizes clergy for moralizing criminals facing capital punishment and calls for ministers to confront life’s struggles rather than exploit the vulnerable hour.
The Chicago Tribune notes that progression and reform unsettle conservatives who fear upheaval in daily life. It argues that education and social norms are being rewritten, yet both old and new paths aim for the same end, even as practices change.
Prominent claim that newspaper advertising is the business end of the paper. Gladstone valued reading American ads for literature and prosperity, and the sermon urges advertisers to reveal what they sell to better mankind and to point buyers to improvements and supplies.
Mrs Gage in serious condition at her Washington home. Missouri river bridge at St Joseph to be rebuilt for Rock Island Railways. Signals point to possible end of May 20 machinist strike. Government crop report shows winter wheat in excellent condition. Boxers uprising and brutal killings reported in Chi Li Province. Pennsylvan ia anthracite workers to march on Harrisburg to press labor laws. Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska wheat growers form pact against elevator trust at Salina. Russians favor foreign loan to China for indemnity payments. Seven banks suffer losses from stock boom speculation. Colonel Amos Stickney named President of the Mississippi River Commission. Chicago Drainage Canal case petitions amended in Supreme Court. Burlington builds $1,000,000 North St. Louis terminals for World’s Fair. Senator Matthew S Quay to quit politics. Willie McCormick’s body found in Cromwell Creek after six weeks missing. Albany street railway riot between strikers and nonunion men. Twenty seventh Regiment to scene. Virginia crews at Arlington face peculiar morning affliction. Eye disease epidemic blinds hundreds of birds, starving them.
Duke Henry, recent husband of Queen Wilhelmina, learns he cannot rely on her finances. The Dutch queen refuses to pay his debts, comparing unfavorably to American heiresses and their generous fathers. The piece hints at a trend boosting European titled men seeking American dowries.
A poolroom operates on a wharf boat moored in mid Mississippi, reachable only by boat and far from shore towns. City and county authorities claim no jurisdiction while federal officials probe. The facility runs full blast as turf followers travel from the city, avoiding police, with a Call subscription offered at fifty-two issues for $1.00.
A Springfield letter carrier was arrested for robbing a milk fund entrusted to him. Fayetteville will hold a circuit clerk election next Tuesday to fill a death vacancy. John Fitzgibbon, born in Ireland and longtime Bloomington area resident, died age 100. Saline County votes $15,000 to repair Harrisburg courthouse recently condemned. A large timber wolf was killed near Carlinville after causing trouble. Carrollton contracts for electric lighting at 365 per year per site. St Louis East St Louis capitalists bought East St Louis First National Bank, capital $100,000, surplus $25,000. Writs mandamus target Illinois Board of Equalization to meet and assess 23 Chicago corporations. Speaker Sherman ill with nervous collapse delaying Assembly close. Legislature passes World’s Fair bill with $250,000 appropriation. Governor to appoint 15 Commissioners. Hillsboro Business Men’s Association stirs plans for new hotel and electric road linking to Montgomery County. Illinois to pay 77 cattle-kill claims totaling about $10,000 under tuberculosis tests. Perry County to vote on $165,000 bonds at 4 percent to settle old Tamaroa and Chester Coal and Railroad debt.
Greenville Sun argues the World's Fair belongs in East St. Louis, joking that moving the Mississippi would help Illinois, splashing at St. Louis for its Eads Bridge and eastern commerce embargo, while mocking relocation and regional rivalry.
A citizen urges against blocking new enterprise and railroad development in town. Ballard's Horehound Syrup is recommended for coughs and respiratory illnesses, priced at 25 and 50 cents, by S Kingston.
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